Ever since “Iron Man” began raking in the unexpected big dollars at the box office, Marvel Studios hasn’t been able to wait for a second installment. Even though they gave him the run around earlier this summer and he fired back some comments, it looks like Jon Favreau has gotten over his feud with Marvel Studios pretty quick, because according to an interview with the L.A. Times, Favreau told the paper on the status of ‘Iron Man 2’ “we’re working on it now,” he also added, “which hasn’t been officially announced. It will be released in 2010.” Oh how they forget, John, isn’t that the release date you deemed unrealistic back in June.
We assume “working on it” means him and Justin Theroux are scripting out scenes for Robert Downey Jr. to show his highly versatile acting chops as an over-caffeinated motormouth. 2010 as a release date seems a little ambitious since they are still currently in pre-production, but we are talking about the franchise that made Marvel Studios, and this is a film they would rather have out sooner than later, so it could be getting an accelerated fast track treatment.